srjones1 Posted January 9, 2020 #1 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Until yesterday I had not booked a cruise in about a year. I noticed when I booked a five day that it was actually six. Used to be, for example, a 5 day cruise was Monday - Friday and now it's Monday - Saturday. I used to sort of complain about the day count being misleading but now it seems to be correct. When did this change? Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rukkian Posted January 9, 2020 #2 Share Posted January 9, 2020 7 minutes ago, srjones1 said: Until yesterday I had not booked a cruise in about a year. I noticed when I booked a five day that it was actually six. Used to be, for example, a 5 day cruise was Monday - Friday and now it's Monday - Saturday. I used to sort of complain about the day count being misleading but now it seems to be correct. When did this change? Thx The days are not really days, it is based on nights. A 5 day (night) cruise would be m-t-w-t-f nights and would embark on Monday and disembark on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srjones1 Posted January 9, 2020 Author #3 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Right, and five day cruises used to be 4 nights and the 5 day I just booked is 5 nights so something changed since my last cruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rukkian Posted January 9, 2020 #4 Share Posted January 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, srjones1 said: Right, and five day cruises used to be 4 nights and the 5 day I just booked is 5 nights so something changed since my last cruise It had to be a long time ago or it had to have changed and then changed back, as I had a 3 day (night) cruise for my honeymoon in 97, which was 4 days/3 nights and counted as 3 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srjones1 Posted January 9, 2020 Author #5 Share Posted January 9, 2020 7 minutes ago, rukkian said: It had to be a long time ago or it had to have changed and then changed back, as I had a 3 day (night) cruise for my honeymoon in 97, which was 4 days/3 nights and counted as 3 points. Who knows... But thanks for the reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdcml Posted January 10, 2020 #6 Share Posted January 10, 2020 This one seems a little unusual. Our first cruise almost 20 years ago was a 7 day and they are always Sat-Sat or Sun-Sun. That day is a turnover day so all 7 days leave the same day. It the nights as opposed to the days that they count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdemps Posted January 10, 2020 #7 Share Posted January 10, 2020 I've only been cruising for 10 years but it has always been based on nights, not days since I've been booking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigEasyCC Posted January 10, 2020 #8 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Many years ago I went with a friend on a 5 day and thought we'd be home on the 5th day. It wasn't until we were in the middle of the gulf that I realized we wouldn't be home until the Thursday, not Wednesday. Had to call my boss and let her know... $75.00 call. Back then it was almost a day's pay! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VentureMan_2000 Posted January 10, 2020 #9 Share Posted January 10, 2020 I have always thought of vacations in terns of nights I paid for accommodations... the number of days is always the number of nights plus 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iria64 Posted January 10, 2020 #10 Share Posted January 10, 2020 Theoretically the number of days is also correct. The earliest I have seen people being able to board in most cases is 11-11:30 am. They want you off the ship by 9-10am at the latest (or earlier... I never really paid attantion). If you go by # of hours that is pretty close to 7 full days. Sort of like how car rental companies count days. Pick up a Car at 1pm it had better be returned by 1pm or you get charged another day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srjones1 Posted January 17, 2020 Author #11 Share Posted January 17, 2020 I finally figured out what I was thinking about... on a five day cruise, say Monday morning to Saturday morning, your FULL days are Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri and I would tell people that when they asked me about cruises that they weren’t really 5 whole days but 5 nights and I guess that just stuck in my head.. 🤷♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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